¹⁸ Let your fountain be blessed,
    and rejoice in the wife of your youth,^(A)
19     a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
May her breasts satisfy you at all times;
    may you be intoxicated always by her love.^(B)

⁴ A good wife is the crown of her husband,
    but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.^(A)

²² He who finds a wife finds a good thing
    and obtains favor from the Lord.^(A)

¹⁴ House and wealth are inherited from parents,
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.^(A)

¹⁰ A woman of strength who can find?
    She is far more precious than jewels.^(A)